NHS Scotland is to prioritise the health of homeless people, following new guidance acknowledging the often extreme, and untreated, health problems that many homeless people experience.
Under the guidance, which was launched by health minister Susan Deacon, social justice minister Jackie Baillie and Sue Irving, the Scottish executive's health and homelessness coordinator, each NHS board will be required to produce a health and homelessness action plan.
The plan must be completed by February and implemented by April 2002 as an integral part of the local health plans.
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